I' posting this here for the visibility. If mods wish to move it to the Nutrition Board, if you could just keep it here for a few days to get some replies, I would appreciate it. I will be starting this diet sometime between now and the end of the month, which leaves me two weeks to finetune this in any way before commencing it.
Since food doesn't serve as much utility for me as it does for some people, and since I've had a lot of time to reflect during this lockdown as to what I should do differently, I've decided to follow a planned diet for one of the first times in my life. I've counted calories before, but never for very long. Since I never competed in bodybuilding contests, I just ate whatever food kept me fairly lean, judging from the eye test. I had other practical considerations as well, when my two oldest kids were smaller, and their diets more often became my own.
Since I compete at 175-lb [with a 3-lb weight allowance given], I don't need to worry about the massive caloric intake of much larger men. I just find that results in more time in the bathroom, more flatulence, and just more taxing of your digestive system. I just want to have a fit everyday look. You know, the "health look", that numerous pro bodybuilders opt for after they retire. ;D
I have a very good idea of how I look if my training is on point, but I'm curious what progress I will make, if any, if I maintain a strict diet for a consistent period of time.
MEAL BREAKDOWN - SAME MEALS EACH DAY...FOREVER...AND EVER, AND EVER, AND EVER...:
Approximate Macronutrients in Grams Per Meal: [x5 for Daily Total - Macro % of Total Calories in Brackets]:
Protein: 37g [185g - 50.5%].
Carbs: 25g [125g - 34.1%].
Fat: 5g [25g - 15.4%].
Meal 1
Protein: Protein powder = 37g.
Carbs: 1 cup oatmeal = 25g.
Fat: 1 tbsp. peanut butter = 4g.
Meal 2
Protein: 4 oz. chicken breast = 32g.
Carbs: 2 slices rye bread = 32g.
Fat: 33 oz. peanuts = 4g.
Meal 3
Protein: 4.5 oz. chicken breast = 36g.
Carbs: 1/2 cup rice = 25g.
Fat: 25 oz. cashews = 3.5g.
Meal 4
Protein: Protein powder = 37g.
Carbs: 1 cup of oatmeal = 27g.
Fat: ½ tbsp. peanut butter = 4g.
Meal 5:
Protein: 5 oz. halibut = 36g.
Carbs: 1 cup lettuce and 1 cup broccoli with 2 tbsp. fat-free dressing = 30g.
Fat: 2 oz. olives = 8g.
^ Total calories = 1,480.
I have a pretty slow metabolism, but a VERY small appetite, so I seldom eat more than 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day. A bit more on some days. I'm staying in my usual range...just cleaning it up a little.
The figures above are very close to the protein/carbs/fat = 37/25/5 projection [1,465 calories] at the start of the text. It's hard to have everything fit perfectly.
*Calorie-free juice + water will be added.
**Start weight [range] is 186-lb to 188-lb, depending on time, hydration/satiety level, etc.
***I will be hypertrophy [bodybuilding] training 3-5 days per week. I will be doing 25 minutes of elevated heart rate cardio per day on ALL bodybuilding off-days. I may be training HIIT style, with some concern for injury. I cannot train strongman now, due to lack of practical access.
...
What do you make of this? Is there anything you recommend adding here, be it additional food items, or supplemental vitamins? I am posting this here to confirm that I didn't leave anything monumental out.
I am going to double check online to confirm that this diet meets all of the required nutrients as per Health Canada's recommendations. I don't imagine this is lacking in any nutrients, although I do think it may be a touch low on the fat intake, in which case, I would reduce carbohydrates to ramp up the fats a little.
I will start with this diet, and adjust it depending on what results I get. I know my body fairly well, so I am pretty confident this diet will serve me well [or this diet with some slight adjustments - hopefully anything caught here by any of the numerous knowledgeable members around these parts].
As to how I intend to look - I'm realistic about that, and I've worked out long enough to have a very good idea of how I can look at my best, and it's nothing special at all, and even when I'm lean, my stomach is still a trouble area. I think I can improve slightly on the photo below, but I don't think that much, and I want to be within reach of my BMI weight, which being around my competition weight [175-lb] allows me to do.
This is a photo of me at 170-lb, and if I can maintain this look, I'm fine with that. I'm turning 40 in just over six months, so I really know better than to expect some radical results...and it's not like I'm going to be reborn with new genetics all of a sudden, or anything like that. I am 187-lb now, and I am just around the 170-lb mark here, and I think I will land somewhere around here, since this wasn't too long ago:
You are going to eat 33 ounces of peanuts and 25 ounces of cashews a day at 40 years old?He`s nutty ! ;D
The entire thread is attention whoring.
Good post, Matt.Did Matt make another post ???
Did Matt make another post ???
I' posting this here for the visibility. If mods wish to move it to the Nutrition Board, if you could just keep it here for a few days to get some replies, I would appreciate it. I will be starting this diet sometime between now and the end of the month, which leaves me two weeks to finetune this in any way before commencing it.
Since food doesn't serve as much utility for me as it does for some people, and since I've had a lot of time to reflect during this lockdown as to what I should do differently, I've decided to follow a planned diet for one of the first times in my life. I've counted calories before, but never for very long. Since I never competed in bodybuilding contests, I just ate whatever food kept me fairly lean, judging from the eye test. I had other practical considerations as well, when my two oldest kids were smaller, and their diets more often became my own.
Since I compete at 175-lb [with a 3-lb weight allowance given], I don't need to worry about the massive caloric intake of much larger men. I just find that results in more time in the bathroom, more flatulence, and just more taxing of your digestive system. I just want to have a fit everyday look. You know, the "health look", that numerous pro bodybuilders opt for after they retire. ;D
I have a very good idea of how I look if my training is on point, but I'm curious what progress I will make, if any, if I maintain a strict diet for a consistent period of time.
MEAL BREAKDOWN - SAME MEALS EACH DAY...FOREVER...AND EVER, AND EVER, AND EVER...:
Approximate Macronutrients in Grams Per Meal: [x5 for Daily Total - Macro % of Total Calories in Brackets]:
Protein: 37g [185g - 50.5%].
Carbs: 25g [125g - 34.1%].
Fat: 5g [25g - 15.4%].
Meal 1
Protein: Protein powder = 37g.
Carbs: 1 cup oatmeal = 25g.
Fat: 1 tbsp. peanut butter = 4g.
Meal 2
Protein: 4 oz. chicken breast = 32g.
Carbs: 2 slices rye bread = 32g.
Fat: 33 oz. peanuts = 4g.
Meal 3
Protein: 4.5 oz. chicken breast = 36g.
Carbs: 1/2 cup rice = 25g.
Fat: 25 oz. cashews = 3.5g.
Meal 4
Protein: Protein powder = 37g.
Carbs: 1 cup of oatmeal = 27g.
Fat: ½ tbsp. peanut butter = 4g.
Meal 5:
Protein: 5 oz. halibut = 36g.
Carbs: 1 cup lettuce and 1 cup broccoli with 2 tbsp. fat-free dressing = 30g.
Fat: 2 oz. olives = 8g.
^ Total calories = 1,480.
I have a pretty slow metabolism, but a VERY small appetite, so I seldom eat more than 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day. A bit more on some days. I'm staying in my usual range...just cleaning it up a little.
The figures above are very close to the protein/carbs/fat = 37/25/5 projection [1,465 calories] at the start of the text. It's hard to have everything fit perfectly.
*Calorie-free juice + water will be added.
**Start weight [range] is 186-lb to 188-lb, depending on time, hydration/satiety level, etc.
***I will be hypertrophy [bodybuilding] training 3-5 days per week. I will be doing 25 minutes of elevated heart rate cardio per day on ALL bodybuilding off-days. I may be training HIIT style, with some concern for injury. I cannot train strongman now, due to lack of practical access.
...
What do you make of this? Is there anything you recommend adding here, be it additional food items, or supplemental vitamins? I am posting this here to confirm that I didn't leave anything monumental out.
I am going to double check online to confirm that this diet meets all of the required nutrients as per Health Canada's recommendations. I don't imagine this is lacking in any nutrients, although I do think it may be a touch low on the fat intake, in which case, I would reduce carbohydrates to ramp up the fats a little.
I will start with this diet, and adjust it depending on what results I get. I know my body fairly well, so I am pretty confident this diet will serve me well [or this diet with some slight adjustments - hopefully anything caught here by any of the numerous knowledgeable members around these parts].
As to how I intend to look - I'm realistic about that, and I've worked out long enough to have a very good idea of how I can look at my best, and it's nothing special at all, and even when I'm lean, my stomach is still a trouble area. I think I can improve slightly on the photo below, but I don't think that much, and I want to be within reach of my BMI weight, which being around my competition weight [175-lb] allows me to do.
This is a photo of me at 170-lb, and if I can maintain this look, I'm fine with that. I'm turning 40 in just over six months, so I really know better than to expect some radical results...and it's not like I'm going to be reborn with new genetics all of a sudden, or anything like that. I am 187-lb now, and I am just around the 170-lb mark here, and I think I will land somewhere around here, since this wasn't too long ago:
Don`t count calories unless you know damn well you are pigging out too much.
Better to count macros IMO.....1 gram of protein per pound of lean bodyweight and cycle your carbs keeping fats ( 9 calories per gram to a minimum)........IMO you`ll get enough fat from your eating plan.
Of course there are tons of variables such as activity rate, metabolic rate,type of foods ingested (eat clean for 3 days straight,then have one cheat meal on the fourth day and on the 7th. day eat whatever you want to but keep portions small and don`t be ridiculous.....keep it sane)...this makes a "DIET" a lot easier to stick to plus it`s no longer a diet it`s an eating regimen.
DO CARDIO NO MATTER WHAT YOUR GOAL IS.
What is the point of using protein powder in two of your meals instead of real food?
Good question. No reason at all really, except that I still have a tub of protein powder that has some left. That, and...protein powder is pretty concentrated in protein and decent tasting compared to other foods, and is convenient. Egg whites would be a good alternative, but more mundane to eat [although my entire diet will be mundane, and I'm fine with that].
Is there a particular reason to avoid protein powder? If I had to think of a benefit - I think drinking a chocolatey drink may trick my brain into thinking I am getting an actual snack. For instance, when I do get hungry, I find that I can drink a calorie-free drink packet, and my body confuses it for actual food.
I'm not sure how long that trick would last before my body adjusts to it, but I think that trick could be extended by adding a small quantity of real food to the calorie-free drink - so that your body is getting some real calories, then the drink to trick it into thinking it is getting more calories than you actually took in.
So that may be a bit of a benefit. But no reason, really. I just have some chocolate protein powder left to use up.
Do you suggest replacing it with a real food source once I run out? Is there anything particularly bad about protein powder, or is it that it is inferior compared to whole foods, or just a gimmick to make the supplement industry money?
I' posting this here for the visibility. If mods wish to move it to the Nutrition Board, if you could just keep it here for a few days to get some replies, I would appreciate it. I will be starting this diet sometime between now and the end of the month, which leaves me two weeks to finetune this in any way before commencing it.
Since food doesn't serve as much utility for me as it does for some people, and since I've had a lot of time to reflect during this lockdown as to what I should do differently, I've decided to follow a planned diet for one of the first times in my life. I've counted calories before, but never for very long. Since I never competed in bodybuilding contests, I just ate whatever food kept me fairly lean, judging from the eye test. I had other practical considerations as well, when my two oldest kids were smaller, and their diets more often became my own.
Since I compete at 175-lb [with a 3-lb weight allowance given], I don't need to worry about the massive caloric intake of much larger men. I just find that results in more time in the bathroom, more flatulence, and just more taxing of your digestive system. I just want to have a fit everyday look. You know, the "health look", that numerous pro bodybuilders opt for after they retire. ;D
I have a very good idea of how I look if my training is on point, but I'm curious what progress I will make, if any, if I maintain a strict diet for a consistent period of time.
MEAL BREAKDOWN - SAME MEALS EACH DAY...FOREVER...AND EVER, AND EVER, AND EVER...:
Approximate Macronutrients in Grams Per Meal: [x5 for Daily Total - Macro % of Total Calories in Brackets]:
Protein: 37g [185g - 50.5%].
Carbs: 25g [125g - 34.1%].
Fat: 5g [25g - 15.4%].
Meal 1
Protein: Protein powder = 37g.
Carbs: 1 cup oatmeal = 25g.
Fat: 1 tbsp. peanut butter = 4g.
Meal 2
Protein: 4 oz. chicken breast = 32g.
Carbs: 2 slices rye bread = 32g.
Fat: 33 oz. peanuts = 4g.
Meal 3
Protein: 4.5 oz. chicken breast = 36g.
Carbs: 1/2 cup rice = 25g.
Fat: 25 oz. cashews = 3.5g.
Meal 4
Protein: Protein powder = 37g.
Carbs: 1 cup of oatmeal = 27g.
Fat: ½ tbsp. peanut butter = 4g.
Meal 5:
Protein: 5 oz. halibut = 36g.
Carbs: 1 cup lettuce and 1 cup broccoli with 2 tbsp. fat-free dressing = 30g.
Fat: 2 oz. olives = 8g.
^ Total calories = 1,480.
I have a pretty slow metabolism, but a VERY small appetite, so I seldom eat more than 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day. A bit more on some days. I'm staying in my usual range...just cleaning it up a little.
The figures above are very close to the protein/carbs/fat = 37/25/5 projection [1,465 calories] at the start of the text. It's hard to have everything fit perfectly.
*Calorie-free juice + water will be added.
**Start weight [range] is 186-lb to 188-lb, depending on time, hydration/satiety level, etc.
***I will be hypertrophy [bodybuilding] training 3-5 days per week. I will be doing 25 minutes of elevated heart rate cardio per day on ALL bodybuilding off-days. I may be training HIIT style, with some concern for injury. I cannot train strongman now, due to lack of practical access.
...
What do you make of this? Is there anything you recommend adding here, be it additional food items, or supplemental vitamins? I am posting this here to confirm that I didn't leave anything monumental out.
I am going to double check online to confirm that this diet meets all of the required nutrients as per Health Canada's recommendations. I don't imagine this is lacking in any nutrients, although I do think it may be a touch low on the fat intake, in which case, I would reduce carbohydrates to ramp up the fats a little.
I will start with this diet, and adjust it depending on what results I get. I know my body fairly well, so I am pretty confident this diet will serve me well [or this diet with some slight adjustments - hopefully anything caught here by any of the numerous knowledgeable members around these parts].
As to how I intend to look - I'm realistic about that, and I've worked out long enough to have a very good idea of how I can look at my best, and it's nothing special at all, and even when I'm lean, my stomach is still a trouble area. I think I can improve slightly on the photo below, but I don't think that much, and I want to be within reach of my BMI weight, which being around my competition weight [175-lb] allows me to do.
This is a photo of me at 170-lb, and if I can maintain this look, I'm fine with that. I'm turning 40 in just over six months, so I really know better than to expect some radical results...and it's not like I'm going to be reborn with new genetics all of a sudden, or anything like that. I am 187-lb now, and I am just around the 170-lb mark here, and I think I will land somewhere around here, since this wasn't too long ago:
If you're going to eat that low calorie, why not just eat 2x a day and save yourself the time, and get the benefits of IF?
Did Matt make another post ???
Once again - there are a few of you starting to put racist comments into your posts.
This is not tolerated.
If you continue, and this is your warning, you will be put in Time Out mode and banned...
That also goes for PM's...
While we all have heated arguements, I am in no mood for the racist stuff....
go somewhere else if you continue...
seriously now...
My diet
6 whole eggs and 3 ribeye steaks
Now , wasnt that easier than a whole wall of text..
My diet
6 whole eggs and 3 ribeye steaks
Now , wasnt that easier than a whole wall of text..
My diet
6 whole eggs and 3 ribeye steaks
Now , wasnt that easier than a whole wall of text..
'Oooh, thanks for all the replies! Thanks, friends! I appreciate it soooo much! Thanks for posting this! My name's Matt and my spirit has been broken from dating too many heroin and benzo addicts and reading too much crap online!'
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Get back on the oral steroids, Matt. You look like a fat swimmer in that photo. And your proposed diet is retarded (unsurprisingly).
'Oooh, thanks for all the replies! Thanks, friends! I appreciate it soooo much! Thanks for posting this! My name's Matt and my spirit has been broken from dating too many heroin addicts and reading too much crap online!'
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Get back on the oral steroids, Matt. You look like a fat swimmer in that photo. And your proposed diet is retarded (unsurprisingly).
Thanks wes - many years ago, I told myself I would start doing cardio at age 40 - which is just around the corner. But I started early due to the lockdowns and everything. In my twenties, I couldn't gain any sort of weight [muscle or even fat - I just couldn't put on weight, and could go just a few days eating normally, rather than the permabulker type of diet I was attempting, and I would lose weight]. In my thirties, I found I was able to maintain muscle a little more easily, and only at around age 35 or so [the past five years, more or less] was I able to actually make gains if I committed to doing so.Matt you don`t have to have a cheat meal if you dont want one............I suggested a cheat meal and a cheat day because you are not training for a physique contest and trust me eating like a Spartan week after week is not easy......a cheat meal and/or cheat day will make it a lot more tolerable, though I never did them when dieting but you aren`t gonna` be standing on stage in what literally constitutes a pair of panties in front of hundreds of people..........not the best time to look like shit so I dotted all my "I"s, and crossed all my "T"`s and did the best I could to look the best I could on contest day.
Unfortunately, after years of going nowhere, I sort of lost the motivation to do so. There is also one other issue - I can make muscle gains faster than before [or muscle memory re-gains], but I can also gain fat easily.
The GOOD news is, if I put myself on a strict-ish diet, I can look my personal best [my OP photo - which is roughly where I max out, before I start getting much fatter in the stomach]. And I have never tried a more significantly strict diet, for an extended period of time.
It would my goal to see if I can reach just a touch leaner than the photo above at the same weight. So...I would still likely be around the 170-lb range, but my stomach would be a bit tighter. I really think I can do this - and it would nice to get there "on the eve of my 40th birthday". Like Dave Pulcinella did for the first "Raising the Bar" documentary, leading up to his 40th birthday:
I will keep in mind what you said about cardio and sufficient protein intake, and I will go look at some carb cycling videos on YouTube tonight.
wes - if a person can tolerate going without a cheat meal, would you say that's fine? I find with me, I'm just...not very hungry. I don't get the same cravings for bad food, and even though I am by no means the leanest guy, I have actually been in low level ketosis my entire life. Yeah - go figure. I just don't eat much [which explains my appearance]. So I have always been just a touch into ketosis.
Or would you say cheat meals are essential to keep your sanity, even if you don't crave them?
Did Matt make another post ???
Joking aside, Matt, my girlfriend (cardiologist) is sitting next to me and just freaked out a little when she saw your photos. She literally just said 'atherosclerosis... dead in ten years.'
Apparently something to do with your ear and pattern of hair loss (quite severe). Can you upload clear pictures of your eyes?
Add in a little oatmeal, veggies and potatoes. I'm not far from that.
Lean and mean, happy and healthy.
No need to suffer with boring shit.
But you’re not jealous of the attention the bhank gimmick is getting and spastic Matt is.I just demonstrated how simple it was to post your diet as oppesed to a huge wall of text,
I just demonstrated how simple it was to post your diet as oppesed to a huge wall of text,
You left out the Alzheimers.
My Diet:
Lean meat
Eggs
A little veggies
Some fruit
Lots of water
Done.
Makes sense, but could argue meats don't have to be super lean.
Chicken thighs, red meats, all fine.
Good post, Wes.
Once again - there are a few of you starting to put racist comments into your posts.
This is not tolerated.
If you continue, and this is your warning, you will be put in Time Out mode and banned...
That also goes for PM's...
While we all have heated arguements, I am in no mood for the racist stuff....
go somewhere else if you continue...
seriously now...
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Once again - there are a few of you starting to put racist comments into your posts.
This is not tolerated.
If you continue, and this is your warning, you will be put in Time Out mode and banned...
That also goes for PM's...
While we all have heated arguements, I am in no mood for the racist stuff....
go somewhere else if you continue...
seriously now...
Good post, Wes.;D
;D
Once again - there are a few of you starting to put racist comments into your posts.
This is not tolerated.
If you continue, and this is your warning, you will be put in Time Out mode and banned...
That also goes for PM's...
While we all have heated arguements, I am in no mood for the racist stuff....
go somewhere else if you continue...
seriously now...
Could argue you don’t know my age, weight, activity levels, body type, BMI etc., but I get your point.
He`s nutty ! ;D
Fuck this is some dumbshit talking about a starvation diet to get in shape when you are not even in the damn gym lifting where is your weighty training program? You don't look like you workout in your hair pic and you say you are 190 aiming for 170 a trained weight lifter isn't going to need to drop 20lbs to 170lbs to be lean. Start weight lifting and eating first then diet laterWho are you again? While Matt is: retarded, racist, a horrible father, and physically looks like shit, despite lifting his entire life, he is an established Getbigger.
It's getbig so I assumed jacked, 40+, super athlete, moderate bulk, meso, semi homo..........Lol!
OR
Fat, never touched a weight, full homo
My food suggestions work for both options.
Who are you again? While Matt is: retarded, racist, a horrible father, and physically looks like shit, despite lifting his entire life, he is an established Getbigger.
You have not earned any equity here.
Nice touch ;)
Fat, never touched a weight, full homo
No need to bring Shizzo into this.
Chaos doesn't deserve this.
Fat, never touched a weight, full homo
Chaos doesn't deserve this.
Strongly disagree.
Do you suggest replacing it with a real food source once I run out? Is there anything particularly bad about protein powder, or is it that it is inferior compared to whole foods, or just a gimmick to make the supplement industry money?
Who are you again? While Matt is: retarded, racist, a horrible father, and physically looks like shit, despite lifting his entire life, he is an established Getbigger.
You have not earned any equity here.
Thanks wes - many years ago, I told myself I would start doing cardio at age 40 - which is just around the corner. But I started early due to the lockdowns and everything. In my twenties, I couldn't gain any sort of weight [muscle or even fat - I just couldn't put on weight, and could go just a few days eating normally, rather than the permabulker type of diet I was attempting, and I would lose weight]. In my thirties, I found I was able to maintain muscle a little more easily, and only at around age 35 or so [the past five years, more or less] was I able to actually make gains if I committed to doing so.that guy was chemically assisted to a high degree so why compare to that. It's a complete different ballgame.
Unfortunately, after years of going nowhere, I sort of lost the motivation to do so. There is also one other issue - I can make muscle gains faster than before [or muscle memory re-gains], but I can also gain fat easily.
The GOOD news is, if I put myself on a strict-ish diet, I can look my personal best [my OP photo - which is roughly where I max out, before I start getting much fatter in the stomach]. And I have never tried a more significantly strict diet, for an extended period of time.
It would my goal to see if I can reach just a touch leaner than the photo above at the same weight. So...I would still likely be around the 170-lb range, but my stomach would be a bit tighter. I really think I can do this - and it would nice to get there "on the eve of my 40th birthday". Like Dave Pulcinella did for the first "Raising the Bar" documentary, leading up to his 40th birthday:
I will keep in mind what you said about cardio and sufficient protein intake, and I will go look at some carb cycling videos on YouTube tonight.
wes - if a person can tolerate going without a cheat meal, would you say that's fine? I find with me, I'm just...not very hungry. I don't get the same cravings for bad food, and even though I am by no means the leanest guy, I have actually been in low level ketosis my entire life. Yeah - go figure. I just don't eat much [which explains my appearance]. So I have always been just a touch into ketosis.
Or would you say cheat meals are essential to keep your sanity, even if you don't crave them?
Someone who knows a lot more about diet and training than Matt and half the people responding. He is starting from nowhere and talking about losing 20lbs on a starvation diet to do a strongman competition. I mean what in the hell seriously if this guy is an established getbigger and a friend of yours fucking tell him how crazy that sounds. Who am I the fucking Truth speaker apparently. He thinks he is going to lose 15lbs training super hard on 1500 calorie diet get to 170lbs then bench 315X10 reps?????? Are you kidding me????
Excuse me - but what's wrong with the diet? I'm a bit soft now...I mean, nothing crazy that I won't burn off in six weeks...but I definitely need to clean up my diet, keep the protein high enough to build strength and not lose too much muscle while cutting, and get back to my 175-lb body weight.minoxodil and finasteride are the best and only proven drugs to stave off hairloss. Preferably in combination. Both are lifelong comitment. When you stop your hairloss will proceed and worsen.
Once I get back to roughly how I look in that photo, I can adjust things. Although, I think that given the long layoff, that diet should be able to do me well for a while longer, even if I have to tweak it a bit [just ramp up calories, while keeping the macronutrient proportions similar].
The thing is, I care about BMI. And I think I'm just naturally meant to be lighter. But being lighter is no excuse not to train hard, so I want to set goals for my lifts that are at my subjective max for my body weight.
Although I'm open to doing a proper cycle, just for the people on here who claim I use steroids. ::) "HAVE SAMPLED" versus "use with some degree of regularity" are NOT the same thing.
But I'd be willing to go on something quasi serious, just to to 180-lb or whatever, with the same body fat as the OP photo, just to show how I would look if I did do a proper cycle.
After seeing how much Mike O'Hearn's testicles shrunk from steroids...it kind of puts me off to the whole thing.
Also, I may be somewhat starting to lose my hair [my brother thinks my hairline is starting to creep up], and I DEFINITELY do not want to accelerate that going on 40.
I'll attach some photos in this post in a second...maybe someone could tell me if my brother is right. I'd rather not accelerate hair loss / male pattern baldness.
EDITED TO ADD:
Here are two photos of my hairline, where my brother thinks it's starting to recede. I think about Chris Bumstead, and how he has such a great look, yet is losing his hair in the same pattern I think I would lose mine. It throws off his looks a little, IMO.
I see nothing pleasant about losing my hair.
The photo of my ear is regarding something called "Frank's sign" [link below]. Are any Getbiggers familiar with this? I'm somewhat worried about it, but it could be bullshit.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%27s_sign
Someone who knows a lot more about diet and training than Matt and half the people responding. He is starting from nowhere and talking about losing 20lbs on a starvation diet to do a strongman competition. I mean what in the hell seriously if this guy is an established getbigger and a friend of yours fucking tell him how crazy that sounds. Who am I the fucking Truth speaker apparently. He thinks he is going to lose 15lbs training super hard on 1500 calorie diet get to 170lbs then bench 315X10 reps?????? Are you kidding me????WELL AREN`T YOU JUST FUCKING SPECIAL!
Someone who knows a lot more about diet and training than Matt and half the people responding. He is starting from nowhere and talking about losing 20lbs on a starvation diet to do a strongman competition. I mean what in the hell seriously if this guy is an established getbigger and a friend of yours fucking tell him how crazy that sounds. Who am I the fucking Truth speaker apparently. He thinks he is going to lose 15lbs training super hard on 1500 calorie diet get to 170lbs then bench 315X10 reps?????? Are you kidding me????
Why not? I've already bench pressed 315x8 at that weight, so what's so unrealistic about adding two more reps? I also didn't find that particular set to be that taxing, and I'm pretty confident that had I had a *competent* spotter the following week and attempted it again [as I had a competent spotter when I did 315x8, but won't attempt over 285-lb without a spotter, generally], I would have gotten 315 for nine reps...maybe ten, but I try not to make unrealistic assumptions about my progress. But 315x9 was definitely within the realm of possibility, had I had a spotter I could have trusted with that responsibility a week later...it just so happened that I did not.
Regarding my diet...that basic template is what my diet will be. If I ramp it up to 2,500 calories, say, the food items will remain the same. So the only thing that will change will be the quantity of food consumed - not the types of food. Although I am reconsidering the inclusion of halibut - at least on a daily basis [maybe 3x per week max would be ok].
The 315x10 will be bounced reps, but still a good lift at 175. I'm looking forward to getting it!
WELL AREN`T YOU JUST FUCKING SPECIAL!
THERE ARE LITERALLY TONS OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW FAR MORE ABOUT NUTRITION AND DIET HERE THAN YOU DO NUMBNUTS.
YOU EAT LIKE SHIT ONLY TO TAKE MULTIPLE SHITS PER HOUR AND TO REACH A HEAVIER BODYWEIGHT.
THAT YOU FUCKTARD, DOES NOT EQATE TO DIET AND NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE IT JUST MEANS YOU EAT JUNK AND TOO MANY CALORIE DENSE SUGAR LADEN FOODS.................NO T VERY HEALTHY THAT`s WHY YOUR NUMBERS ARE ALL FUCKED UP.
YOU IDIOT !!
Why not? I've already bench pressed 315x8 at that weight, so what's so unrealistic about adding two more reps? I also didn't find that particular set to be that taxing, and I'm pretty confident that had I had a *competent* spotter the following week and attempted it again [as I had a competent spotter when I did 315x8, but won't attempt over 285-lb without a spotter, generally], I would have gotten 315 for nine reps...maybe ten, but I try not to make unrealistic assumptions about my progress. But 315x9 was definitely within the realm of possibility, had I had a spotter I could have trusted with that responsibility a week later...it just so happened that I did not.
Regarding my diet...that basic template is what my diet will be. If I ramp it up to 2,500 calories, say, the food items will remain the same. So the only thing that will change will be the quantity of food consumed - not the types of food. Although I am reconsidering the inclusion of halibut - at least on a daily basis [maybe 3x per week max would be ok].
The 315x10 will be bounced reps, but still a good lift at 175. I'm looking forward to getting it!
My numbers are great and my physique speaks for itself. I also change my diet and training up often to allow for adjusting periods and to keep things evolving. Never trust a guru who doesn't represent. Do I get fat hell no why because I know wtf I am doing.Your physique speaks for itself your assholiness but it ain`t saying a helluva` lot.................no lats at all...delts and arms are way out of proportion, as are your forearms, no pec whatsoever at all..... your body is very asymetrical,and way out of proportion.
My numbers are great and my physique speaks for itself. I also change my diet and training up often to allow for adjusting periods and to keep things evolving. Never trust a guru who doesn't represent. Do I get fat hell no why because I know wtf I am doing.You dont get fat because you are on GH.........I may look stupid but I`m far from it.
Your physique speaks but ain`t saying a helluva` lot.................no lats,delts and arms are way out of proportion,as are your forearms, no pec at all..... your body isvery asymettrical... result:............you sir are just lean.
You dont get fat because you are on GH.........I may look stupid but I`m far from it.
Ok so is your theory that with GH you can eat as much as you want and never get fat?? What GH protocol would allow that? Is that really all there is to eat eat as much as possible and take HGH? Is it that simple? Also fyi my weight fluctuates because I don't stuff everyday forever I adjust things. I gain 10 lose 5 again and again. You need to cycle your food intake.IT HAS BEEN PROVEN ....BESIDES YOUR ON OTHER SHIT AS WELL.
Ok so is your theory that with GH you can eat as much as you want and never get fat?? What GH protocol would allow that? Is that really all there is to eat eat as much as possible and take HGH? Is it that simple? Also fyi my weight fluctuates because I don't stuff everyday forever I adjust things. I gain 10 lose 5 again and again. You need to cycle your food intake.OK let me ask you a serious question...........why in the fuck do you think you remain so cut up on such an atrocious diet?
bhank is on a ton of gear including gh but looks TERRIBLE
stop trying to give out advice you make yourself look like a fool
Hey Bhank..I need you to see pic of the following board members just to take a bit of swelling off your inflated head:
Joe Marino
joswift
Dr. J
Hazbin
Go4It
honest
Sean Maloney
no one
Galienko
This is just a few as most post intermittantly these days.
Also as far a gear and GH go, talk to pellius,Van Bilderass,Overload and a veritable ton of guys who post exclusively on the steroid board.
Ask them if you can remain lean while eating ice cream and crap as long as you get your macros in and the answer will be a resounding YES.........up to a limit of course.
How do you think Ronnie drank a fucking gallon of BBQ sauce per day and stayed ripped to shreds? ;D
I eat great I am not eating junk the problem is people like you and Matt don't know what eating great means and think a handful of nuts is the way to goGEEZUS dude I know how to get ripped as well as huge and remain somewhat lean as well in the process.
I am the fool that looks terrible and has no lats got it this is today right nowYou`re upper back is ripped due to GH use but your lats are small.
GEEZUS dude I know how to get ripped as well as huge and remain somewhat lean as well in the process.
I`ve trained countless numbers of physique contestants since the early 90`s.....................something else you didn`t know about me.
Mostly all always placed and I had one guy who won his class at the NGA Mr. USA.
When I go to a show I am respected by my peers from all weight classes and know a ton of pro bodybuilders.
Get over yourelf you junk food junkie.................. ..discipline to train though we dont know how much effort is expended in your training.... but no discipline to eat well...........does not equal discipline in my world.
I do eat well sugar is a superfood but you can't put rocket fuel in a pinto. Lots of status quo rice and chicken idiots are well respected usually it is mavericks actually know what they are talking about. I put a ton of effort into my food and nutritionSugar is empty calories and lots of them..........clean carbs is the way to get sugars into your body my friend
Ramp up to 2500 calories a day? I had 1500 calories for breakfast. You need food to train. You need energy to move weight. When did you bench press 315X8 were you 250lbs a decade ago? The current guy in the back double bicep pose at 185lbs I can confidently say can't press 315 for 1 today
Valid questions.
I want to stay within reach of the optimal BMI for my height, which is around 167- to 169-lb at 174cm / 5.8.5" nighttime height. I'm 5'9 and change in the morning and I try to wear a shoe with a quality heal [not height-enhancing...just of some length compared to other shoes], and comb my hair up to look closer to 5'10" when I'm out an about [back when that was legal].
I always considered 5'10" to be a good height.
I know BMI isn't the best scale, but I fear for everyone's health, especially my own, so I don't want to get too heavy.
Also, I just get a fat stomach starting around what I weigh now, and anything heavier. That could be prevented by running some gear, but I seldom run gear, and so wimpy doses when I do [for perspective, for my last cycle in 2016, I ran half of an Anadrol 50 tablet every SECOND day for 20 days, and looked much better than I ever look drug-free.
I look decent on some good supplements too, like formally SizeOn by Gaspari Nutrition, which I found comparable to a low-dose oral only cycle [maybe 15mg of Dianabol daily for 2-4 weeks].
I benched 315 for eight weighing about what I do now. Give or take. None of my lifts were much outside the manlet weight range.
Personally, I'm a big time health pussy [a complete hypochondriac - but a rational one who knows I'm one], so I don't push my body with heavy calories or big rises in body weight. The heaviest I have ever been has been 212.6-lb, and I was thicker then, found it easier to be strong, even if the excess weight was mostly fat, which it was.
In general, I fear for my health, so don't push my body weight up. I'd just like to have a lean and crisp 175-lb fitness look.
As for my low calories, I used to think I have a fast metabolism, but I don't. What I have is a small appetite. I stay thin because of it.
Truth be told, without running gear, I'm just fat at my current weight or fatter. I used to be thrilled to have a waist just under 30"...yeah...at 170-lb...
As soon as I reach around my current weight, if not a bit lighter, my midsection starts expanding. Unless I add some light gear, as I said, which I rarely do.
I've come to accept that my best look is probably 175-lb at what people call "10%" body fat, but is actually probably closer to 15%.
Just a light, functional, easy to maintain weight without any gear, and without needing to eat and shit all day.
Discuss this please.
Fucking nonsense you have no metabolism and are skinny fat because you are starving yourself you look like shit you don't have any kind of lean crisp athletic look you need to eat and lift to make gains and instead you are planning to starve yourself it is not going to work
I do eat well sugar is a superfood but you can't put rocket fuel in a pinto. Lots of status quo rice and chicken idiots are well respected usually it is mavericks actually know what they are talking about. I put a ton of effort and discipline into my food and nutrition again I think my condition speaks for itself. If you think someone can just take a magic pill and look like me you are crazy
Matt, you should consider adding some ary4n power foods into your diet such as sauer kraut and bratwurst.
(https://www.thetimes.co.uk/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fe0e314f8-36c0-11ea-ad7c-b6ce6c640a19.jpg?crop=4465%2C2512%2C124%2C69)
I've never had bratwurst. Is it just another high-protein meat, just especially delicious?..
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If I actually did a proper PED cycle, who knows? :D
Dude i thought you are part-time vegan? When are you vegan, while asleep?
Yeah, thing is, you think you are so smart, but everybody knows, you already bought youre next steroid-cycle..
I reduced my meat consumption about 80% after watching Vegan Gains' Ironage YouTube videos.
I snapped out of that 5-year phase in the blink of an eye once I saw Vegan Gains trash Greg Doucette the way he did.
Reading about Gains taking an assortment of dildos, including an 8" Mulatto dildo, and making it disappear - all of it, like Hoffa - up his ass on Only Fans didn't really make me reconsider my decision either.
Yeah, I did - in 2016. ;D
A bag of Anavar, that has not yet expired. :)
The best results I made the fastest would have been 0.25mg of Anadrol every SECOND day for 20 days.
So 0.125mg daily for 20 days.
Total = 5x A50 pills, and it was the best I ever looked. :)
hmmm, ok vegan gains is one of, i don't know maybe 2,6 million people who are vegan?
i personally give a shit about vegan gains..
Ok, so this will be the base for you're next diet? Am i right? :D
Atleast play with open cards..
But i will definitely follow your progress, so bring it on, you will probably loose anything anyway but who cares :D
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How do bodybuilders, strongman, models, etc, face aging, given their identity is tied up in something that requires both youth [temporary], and steroids, extreme dieting, makeup, etc [also temporary].
I always thought they would be hit doubly hard by aging, and that's why I wanted to age without those temporary things as a part of my identity, then perhaps use TRT at some point in my forties.
I' posting this here for the visibility. If mods wish to move it to the Nutrition Board, if you could just keep it here for a few days to get some replies, I would appreciate it. I will be starting this diet sometime between now and the end of the month, which leaves me two weeks to finetune this in any way before commencing it.
Since food doesn't serve as much utility for me as it does for some people, and since I've had a lot of time to reflect during this lockdown as to what I should do differently, I've decided to follow a planned diet for one of the first times in my life. I've counted calories before, but never for very long. Since I never competed in bodybuilding contests, I just ate whatever food kept me fairly lean, judging from the eye test. I had other practical considerations as well, when my two oldest kids were smaller, and their diets more often became my own.
Since I compete at 175-lb [with a 3-lb weight allowance given], I don't need to worry about the massive caloric intake of much larger men. I just find that results in more time in the bathroom, more flatulence, and just more taxing of your digestive system. I just want to have a fit everyday look. You know, the "health look", that numerous pro bodybuilders opt for after they retire. ;D
I have a very good idea of how I look if my training is on point, but I'm curious what progress I will make, if any, if I maintain a strict diet for a consistent period of time.
MEAL BREAKDOWN - SAME MEALS EACH DAY...FOREVER...AND EVER, AND EVER, AND EVER...:
Approximate Macronutrients in Grams Per Meal: [x5 for Daily Total - Macro % of Total Calories in Brackets]:
Protein: 37g [185g - 50.5%].
Carbs: 25g [125g - 34.1%].
Fat: 5g [25g - 15.4%].
Meal 1
Protein: Protein powder = 37g.
Carbs: 1 cup oatmeal = 25g.
Fat: 1 tbsp. peanut butter = 4g.
Meal 2
Protein: 4 oz. chicken breast = 32g.
Carbs: 2 slices rye bread = 32g.
Fat: 33 oz. peanuts = 4g.
Meal 3
Protein: 4.5 oz. chicken breast = 36g.
Carbs: 1/2 cup rice = 25g.
Fat: 25 oz. cashews = 3.5g.
Meal 4
Protein: Protein powder = 37g.
Carbs: 1 cup of oatmeal = 27g.
Fat: ½ tbsp. peanut butter = 4g.
Meal 5:
Protein: 5 oz. halibut = 36g.
Carbs: 1 cup lettuce and 1 cup broccoli with 2 tbsp. fat-free dressing = 30g.
Fat: 2 oz. olives = 8g.
^ Total calories = 1,480.
I have a pretty slow metabolism, but a VERY small appetite, so I seldom eat more than 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day. A bit more on some days. I'm staying in my usual range...just cleaning it up a little.
The figures above are very close to the protein/carbs/fat = 37/25/5 projection [1,465 calories] at the start of the text. It's hard to have everything fit perfectly.
*Calorie-free juice + water will be added.
**Start weight [range] is 186-lb to 188-lb, depending on time, hydration/satiety level, etc.
***I will be hypertrophy [bodybuilding] training 3-5 days per week. I will be doing 25 minutes of elevated heart rate cardio per day on ALL bodybuilding off-days. I may be training HIIT style, with some concern for injury. I cannot train strongman now, due to lack of practical access.
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What do you make of this? Is there anything you recommend adding here, be it additional food items, or supplemental vitamins? I am posting this here to confirm that I didn't leave anything monumental out.
I am going to double check online to confirm that this diet meets all of the required nutrients as per Health Canada's recommendations. I don't imagine this is lacking in any nutrients, although I do think it may be a touch low on the fat intake, in which case, I would reduce carbohydrates to ramp up the fats a little.
I will start with this diet, and adjust it depending on what results I get. I know my body fairly well, so I am pretty confident this diet will serve me well [or this diet with some slight adjustments - hopefully anything caught here by any of the numerous knowledgeable members around these parts].
As to how I intend to look - I'm realistic about that, and I've worked out long enough to have a very good idea of how I can look at my best, and it's nothing special at all, and even when I'm lean, my stomach is still a trouble area. I think I can improve slightly on the photo below, but I don't think that much, and I want to be within reach of my BMI weight, which being around my competition weight [175-lb] allows me to do.
This is a photo of me at 170-lb, and if I can maintain this look, I'm fine with that. I'm turning 40 in just over six months, so I really know better than to expect some radical results...and it's not like I'm going to be reborn with new genetics all of a sudden, or anything like that. I am 187-lb now, and I am just around the 170-lb mark here, and I think I will land somewhere around here, since this wasn't too long ago:
The three staples of your diet, gimmick:
Pink cock
Black cock
Brown cock
Matt, you should consider adding some ary4n power foods into your diet such as sauer kraut and bratwurst.
No yellow c0ck?
Racist post reported ;D
Is kielbasa aryan? ;D
^I added to my post above, answering your steroid question
True. But if our goal is to prevent the killing of animals, is being vegan truly the way to do it?
I didn't tell Getbig yet, but I moved out of my home recently, and moved into an apartment I have in a small apartment building I own.
I've had this room open for, shoot, 14 years now. Just as a place to "fuck trash bags" [TB's], as my ex-girlfriend would say. But it was more of an office for me.
But I decided, with everything being closed due to that which we cannot speak of on social media without risk of being censored or banned, that I would move here and consider renting my house for September [but being new, I don't want tenants to trash It, and apparently in Ontario, we can't evict tenants "until C19 ends", whenever that will be. ::)].
Anyway, being here, I realized that I really don't need much space at all, and maybe I should stay here for a couple of years. So far, I'm leaning to moving back home though...but if nothing opens up, and If people remain paranoid, I don't see the point.
What's my point?
If our goal is to not kill animals, why is not eating animals considered the ethical way to do that?
Living in this small place, I have a MUCH smaller carbon footprint than most people - and specifically VG. Ever since using my phone to post on here under the assumption I would be typing much slower on a small virtual keyboard, to reduce the size of my posts [fail], the electricity I use to power my device for internet navigation has reduced too [from laptop or PC, to lowest-end Wal-Mart smartphone.
So...given the habitat loss caused by our carbon output in the developed world, is Vegan Gains, who most likely lives in a much bigger abode than I do currently, and who probably still drives [I stopped during all this, since I don't have a 9 to 5, and everything was closed], can he really say he's killing fewer animals than I am, just because he doesn't eat them?
My point in Cole's Notes form:
Is not eating animals really the most efficient way to prevent them from dying?
Matty Phaggot,
What happened to your plan to diet down to 161 lbs and then clean bulk back up to 174 lbs?
Was your boyfriend against it?
Fucking weirdo - get off the internet and go spend some time with your kids.
Let's both give up to date pictures to a mod in 16 weeks and have him post it on a dating website, and report back to see whose dating profile attracts more women.
Call it a Getbig social experiment.
If you haven't noticed….<SNIP THOUSANDS OF WORDS OF RETARDED WHINY BITCH BABBLING>
For a Downs Syndrome twink, that is quite the pre-teen girl little temper tantrum.I think you sound familiar.
I just want to make sure that “this” person in the photo is who is going to fight me in a street fight?
I know you’re a retard and an attention whore, but making that type of threat is exactly my type of game. Exactly my type of game.
Now get off the fucking internet and go raise your illegitimate kids. But you better start looking over your shoulder now, phaggot.
I think you sound familiar.
I’m the guy who leaves you voice mail asking for pics of your sister’s tits.Must be another fly by night.....
Must be another fly by night.....
Put the bottle down.You fucked up. Don't act like You give a shit and are showing "tough love".
For once in your pathetic life, be stronger than your excuses.
You fucked up. Don't act like You give a shit and are showing "tough love".
Oh I don’t give a shit.I knew it was you the entire time.
I just don’t feel like traveling to Florida right now to shit on your pauper’s grave.
I knew it was you the entire time.
Lol! I always end up outing you.
What are you outing? I’ve been here for years, you moron.Try to stay on topic, attention whore.
I’m just baffled why a fat fuck who looks like this is posting in a diet thread.
Try to stay on topic, attention whore.
Which topic?Are you always so angry? Can't picture you speaking this type of language on a picnic with your grandmother.
Matt C’s retard meltdown or your attention whoring?
Next time you feel like telling someone on Getbig what to do, go fist yourself you fat, drunken dickwad.
Are you always so angry? Can't picture you speaking this type of language on a picnic with your grandmother.
No.
It is a special hatred for shitbags like you.
One of the biggest disappointments I’ve had on Getbig was that your death was fake.
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Don’t run away fat boy, post up some pics of your sister’s tits. Got any of her angry axe wound?Owned into oblivion, again....
Or that video where you dance like a trained monkey for Joon’s $5.00 payment.
Owned into oblivion, again....
I'll even give you the last word.
Faked your death and sucked cocks for attention.
Even though you were a third-tier poster, you never recovered.
I'd like to get some clarification from Shitzo. It's well established that it was indeed "cocks" as in more than one. Set the record straight. Was it a one off where you sucked multiple cocks in the same outing? Or did you suck a cock or cocks on more than one occasion? As a follow up, were you always drunk or just the 1st couple times to get over the nerves?
I know you probably peck at your keyboard, one key at a time, like someone who has never seen a computer before, and so you assume my long posts take me hours to type, because that's how long it would take *you* to type.
For a Downs Syndrome twink, that is quite the pre-teen girl little temper tantrum.Matt,are you serious or delerious about fighting Walter on sight?
I just want to make sure that “this” person in the photo is who is going to fight me in a street fight?
I know you’re a retard and an attention whore, but making that type of threat is exactly my type of game. Exactly my type of game.
Now get off the fucking internet and go raise your illegitimate kids. But you better start looking over your shoulder now, phaggot.
I think peoples kids are off limits. Although I didn't see anything bad said about Matts kids but Matt claiming he beat some dude down and will do the same unto others is rather comical as we can all see his pics.
How is Matt supposed to fight Walter on sight if he doesn't know what he looks like?
Have you seen the videos of Matt flipping truck tires? He is very tenacious. I'm pretty sure he'd fight to the death if necessary. :)
How is Matt supposed to fight Walter on sight if he doesn't know what he looks like?How many kicks would it take a grasshopper with a wooden leg to kick all the seeds out of a Dill pickle?
Good question. Maybe Walter could post a photo of himself or send one to Matt via PM.Or possibly a penis pic to OMR !!!
Have you seen the videos of Matt flipping truck tires? He is very tenacious. I'm pretty sure he'd fight to the death if necessary. :)
Or possibly a penis pic to OMR !!!
;D
Is your spank bank email address still “ShizzoSucksCocks@gmail.com?”No that`s the old one the new one`s private.
No that`s the old one the new one`s private.